this is the w. news live from berlin the us a says goodbye and good riddance to 2020 the ball drops in times square in new york without the usual throng in crowds cheering in the new year but people are urged to stay home many say all the start of the new year just through their television screens also coming up on the show countries around the world roll out their vaccination programs to stop the spread of the pro-democracy woodstock's limited some experts say they should rethink how they deliver the doses. we have all freedom to it all. and be used to us to make the most of it with the split and now

official britain and its nearly half a century membership in the european again we'll take a look at the changes ahead as one era and and another began. and german chancellor angela merkel delivers what will likely be her final new year's speech she calls for patience in tackling the front virus endemic to a crisis she describes as a once in a century challenge. and i'm kyra jensen a very happy new year and welcome to the program the world has been saying goodbye to 2020 and ringing and 2021 under the shadow of the krona virus pandemic despite tight restrictions on gatherings muted celebrations took place around the globe in new york city the ball was raised into. it's traditional position at times square

but this year only a few guests were in attendance to watch it drop. again as ling just played amidst the eerie quiet in the city that never sleeps. care and front line workers got front row seats to the traditional event in new york city social distancing in times square this is the new year in the age of coded 19. at the copacabana in rio de janeiro the beach was nearly empty as the city rang in 2021. the eiffel tower sparkled in the city of light as police across paris were on hand to enforce the country's strict 8 pm covert curfew.

in berlin the annual fireworks were more subdued than in years past after the government banned their sale but not their destination. an hour later britain heralded in the new year its 1st post brags that new year's eve was less than celebrate torrie with police out in force to discourage crowds. but in the chinese city of will hand where the 1st cases of covert 19 emerged just over a year ago revelers hope the darkest days of the outbreak are now in the past. the . new zealanders were partying like there's no pandemic the country successfully eliminated the coronavirus and 2020 combining strict measures with a unified national leadership that meant large crowds could gather to ring in the new year a rare away. this in

a world of scaled back celebrations. and countries around the world are rolling out vaccination programs in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus but many countries including the u.s. and germany are falling far behind their projected goals and that's making governments reconsider the way they deliver the joe says. a familiar sight from coronavirus testing but in this florida drive by people are now receiving something much more hopeful vaccine shots and yet the race to inoculate millions of people across the world against kovac 1000 is off to a slower and messier start than expected insufficient supplies and complex logistics are backing down the process many countries including the us and germany are falling far behind projected rolled out speeds the main issue is that the biotech pfizer vaccine the 1st one to be widely approved requires cumbersome

refrigeration at extreme temperatures and 2 shots within 3 weeks to be the most effective. this has sparked a debate among experts about whether the time between doses should be stretched to 3 months some argue that it is better to give many people some resistance to the virus then to give fewer people full protection. the immediate urgency is for reckitt and high levels of vaccine uptake. recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 fax in should be proud ties for both the pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super

cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its buy and take pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and endowed them with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial process. and german chancellor angela merkel has called on germans to help of beat the pandemic by sticking to the rules in the weeks and months ahead and what is likely to be her

final new year's address the chancellor said the country is facing hard times but hope is in sight now vaccinations have begun. to call one of us pun the me of the corona virus pandemic was and is a once in a century political social and economic challenge. it's a historic crisis that has the man did a great deal of all of us and too much of some of us if i is stuff that i know that mustering this historic effort has required tremendous trust and patience on your part and continues to do so. sherman chancellor merkel there and you can see the whole of her new year address here on straight after the news let's cross now to do these political correspondent and chad's who's been following merkel's address she's joining us now to give us her analysis imo this was probably the chancellor's last new year's address after 15 years in office did anything stand out here.

well i'm going to america really highlighted they're told that the pandemic has taken the germans and german society so this whole speech was about how germany has dealt with the crisis but it was also a message of hope and the chancellor well so acknowledged. the role played by by by and take in developing a vaccine and she also acknowledged the fact that this was a vaccine developed by people with the migration ground and she highlighted the fact that people from 16 different nationalities worked towards that vaccine and she also mentioned the satisfaction of some in german society in front of loved ones for example what she was referring to a process so you get these address was really about addressing depan they make and its effects on german society and she also went

a little bit personal when she talked about the fact that it was most likely last new year's address us german chancellor is right and she also said that 2020 was the most difficult year of her entire tenure how satisfied on the whole are germans with her handling of the pandemic. well throughout the crisis is america really been negative from the support of the general public you can see that's higher approval rates of rocketing during the pandemic i asked whether which party they would choose eve an election a parliamentary election were to take place tomorrow germans would vote christian democratic party i know america's party by 37 percent and america will herself is the 2nd favorite petition. d.c.i. across the german society she was last year the 1st one but health minister yes.

by one point out 52 percent this year also because of the handling of the german governments of this pandemic. and is it fair to say that the krona virus crisis will be what she is remembered for. well this was a she say it in her address to most challenging year for her as the chancellor of course she will be remembered for her handling of the pending pandemic but let's not forget that she was also captain of the ship since 2005 here in germany she went through to financial crisis in 20072008 she was also the chancellor who decided that germany how to phase out nuclear power in 2011 after the focus shima disaster in japan and of course she will also be remember as the chancellor who dealt with to refugee crisis in the summer of 2015 was her famous we can do with fear chef and. of course the pandemic will be part of her legacy but

that would not be the only part and you have chad's in berlin happy 2021 and thank you very much. and that's take a look now at some other international stories german chancellor angela merkel has handed over the presidency to portugal germany's presidency ended on december 31st and in a video message merkel wish portugal every success and said that germany would support portugal to the best of its ability the presidency rotates among e.u. members nations every 6 months. microsoft says hackers recently access to some of the company's source code the tech giant assures customer data is safe and that its systems weren't used to attack others as part of a hacker campaign against the thousands of companies. pope francis has been absent from the traditional new year's eve thanksgiving prayer service this year due to

back pain he was replaced by a cardinal who read the end of your prayer but the pope pushed through to give his blessing from his papal library on new year's day. now about a 1000 of migrants in bosnia spend new year's eve out in freezing conditions after being forced to return to their burned out camp bosnian locals prevented an attempt to take them to new quarters fronting authorities to cancel the relocation of the campus and leave close to the border with croatia which is a member of the european union it's almost so-called balkan routine used by people trying to cross into the e.u. as they seek a better life the un says almost half of the migrants in bosnia are living without any shelter. now bosnia's religious leaders have joint humanitarian groups in condemning the treatment of people in the camp fire for hundreds of men many from afghanistan or pakistan it's back to camp a site that's been on inhabitable for

a week now on tuesday both me and authorities sent buses to transport them to a new camp but they never left in the town now we're heading to there were heavy protests from locals the migrants spent the night waiting in the buses. they didn't give us any updates they were saying that we have to we're going to take the decision so they didn't take any decision and finally said you have to go back to your. leave but the situation is spiraling out of control the bosnian red cross and fall in tears the providing the margarets with one warm meal a day. the camp was set on fire over a week ago after it was closed down with no alternative accommodation arranged. why the camp was set on fire is still unknown the bosnian red cross describes the situation as an all time low for human dignity. but.

it's catastrophic those who make the decisions about the moderates should see what's going on here something has to be done and we can't just wait for tomorrow. but other camps in bosnia robo filled and further accommodation projects are being met with massive resistance from locals and regional politicians. that it would now after a half a century partnership of britain has finalised its split with the european union rex it appears off to a smooth start at the key e.u. u.k. trade link the port of call a moments after the separation at midnight the 1st to trucks went through the new custom checks all things are going smoothly now both european and british businesses have warned of massive destruction to the flow of trade and people once the holiday weekend ends and correspondent barbara sent us this update from dunkirk france. so this is the last piece of our brecht said goodbye to or on the 1st of

january when the hopper off the dunkirk quite the next to come may 1 of the harvest that supply at the crossing to dover here and what we see in the back of the trucks rolling off the 1st ferry on on this day where everything has changed and the man to explain to us what has been changing here and what is happening is still a paramount if you carry the film as. i know. there's been a very exciting day for us it's a 1st to the pasha here from from and what we did in dubai and what we didn't do yesterday is take all the customs documentation and paperwork from there from our custom us then we we upload it to the french customs authorities and we and we then . she displayed on screens on board elvis knows where we will have a green light for all the trucks that the.